Having siblings can be tough – you love ’em one minute, can’t stand them the next…
Do you have a sibling or siblings that you never speak with? This could be due to a fight many years ago, or a long distance or time difference separating you. Or, of course, for plenty of other reasons…
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50 years ago my brother and I never spoke, we both had EXwives(now) who enjoyed keeping us separated, after each one of us divorced our antagonistic wife we’ve grown very close as brothers should.
We get along with the Brothers and Sisters on both my Wifes and my side. On the 26th of June we will be going down to stay a few days at my Youngest Sisters and meet at my Older Baby Sisters to celebrate (Rub it in) her 70th birthday, Baby Brother will also be there. i love my family and my wife’s family.
Life is too short. Family is the most important thing in this world. I would not want anything to come between us.
I was an only child but do have “half siblings” from both mother and father. I seldom communicate with either . Did not grow up close to them so no natural bond was established
No animosity, just distance and life in general.
I have one brother that no one has heard from in over twenty years. My other brother and I keep in touch weekly.
What does this have to do with RVing ?
As much as the following that is posted daily:
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would appear your slamming the inclusion of this list of items! Some do regularly have an association to RVing (mystery product, website) but even those that may not are often a welcome addition to me. Today’s thought can offer inspiration or a needed perspective adjustment. Day in history can be just fun or a necessary reminder of an important event that should drive thanks. The poll is most often related to RVing and even this one can be easily tied to it as being an RVer can help or hinder sibling relationships. If you’re not a fan of these sections, scroll past. It’s not hard.
I don’t think WEB was slamming us for the variety of topics in our newsletters, Julie. Right, WEB? At least, I hope not. Y’all have a great day! 😀 —Diane
Agree. WEB was just making a point. Not slamming at all. All magazines have different tid-bits. I like tid-bits. Keep on keep’in on.
Web, I’m not sure how to take your comment I think your supporting all information tangible to those in the RVing world from all different angles. Taking your comment as positive not negative. Press on big guy down the road.
and occasionally go camping with my relatives – including in-laws. there is the RVing tie-in for me!
Yay, kat! Good job. Thanks! Have a good night. 😀 —Diane
I had two brothers, but lost one last month. Because of his health it was difficult to get together with him and his wife. We used to drive about 60 miles to their house for a brief get together. Two days before our last planned lunch with them, his daughter called and said she had taken him to the hospital, so we postponed lunch. She texted me later that night and said he was gone. My other brother seems to have evolved into a fantasy world filled with “oh, woe is me, life is so rough”. If I dont initiate a call, we dont communicate. I would give anything to turn back the calendar twenty-five years and relive the good times. Now, I have to settle for the memories.
We’re in contact several times a month via email. A visit every 5 years or so is about right.
I have 3 brothers and we have always communicated well. Two of them have always lived within a few miles of our home town. The third spent 20 years in the military and then move back it within 40 miles of home. I spent 10 years in the military, but my work always keep me out of state. Over the last 20 years I have gotten closer to all of them then ever before and I am probably closer to each one of them then they are to each other. We have been blessed that as we dealt with issues of our parents aging, we never had problems agreeing on how to handle things or dividing up the tasks that had to be done. Though I still live out of state, my wife and I enjoy spending a lot of time in my home town during the warm months and one of my brothers has a full hookup space for us near his home. I am very blessed and well aware of it.
i’m one of 10 and we all speak with each other and enjoy speaking with each other as well as harassing the living daylights out of each other!
I have 2 brothers and one sister. I communicate with all of them even though we don’t talk often. I find that I talk (and visit) my sister the most. She and I have much more in common than either of my brothers and we live fairly close (190 miles versus 700 and 1920 miles). Love all of them and wish I could see them more!
Struggling to understand the connection to RV’ing.
As the editors have said, many times, over the years, the polls aren’t always RV related. Sometimes just human interest. Reply if you want, or skip over.
People (frequently) have siblings. RVers are people. Therefore, RVers (frequently) have siblings. 😀 —Diane
You will understand the relation when you are looking for a place to ‘mooch-dock’. I, for one, can’t stay around most of my family for more than a few days.
My brother and I – 5 years apart – called each other on our birthdays to say “Happy Birthday” and not much else. Not the way I want it but we don’t always get what we want.
While this may not have anything to do with RVing. It’s nice to know others are in the same situation. I don’t bother with two of my siblings, But watch out for a third. Even my son has changed after getting married and we don’t associate anymore. I have a cousin in Australia who has similar issues with a daughter in law. Don’t seem like the younger generation are very family orientied.
My only brother (3.5 years older) is one of the biggest jerks I ever knew. We never got along growing up, and we don’t get along now. Thanks RVTravel for the therapy session!
Glad you were able to vent, Sink. Have a great (and even better, now) day! 😀 —Diane
Wish I knew what the driver is for the lack of communication from my siblings. I’d put in a lot of effort for a lot of years and finally decided to step back when it was clear they weren’t as interested in the connection as I was.
My biological sister is a Christian. She is a pastor’s wife. They care nothing about integrity or love. Their church is everything to them. They were able to brainwash our parents into their Baptist cult and my brother and I were disowned for not joining in. This would have required that we move to Portland, OR. My brother has a home in Florida and I am full-time on the road. I have my own spiritual beliefs that I would have been required to denounce in order to be “lovingly” accepted into their hypocritical fold. She and her husband made off with our parent’s entire estate when they died. My brother and I have nothing to say to her and we have made a pact that she will not know anything about us or our lives. We have also cut off any family that associates with them or supports their lifestyle and religion.
My Mom would be rolling in her grave if we didn’t get along. I would too if my kids didn’t get along. We don’t need to agree about everything but family is LOVE!
Have a grandson that is very irritating as he thinks i don’t know anything. He is always right he thinks.
I like the question because I wonder how much others visit amongst siblings, sometimes simply comes down to common interest. Good job on subject matter selection, changing it up a little every now and then, and now for the heckler’s.
My little brother has been my parents darling child forever. We were never that close as kids, and basically only talk at the holidays, birthdays and when we are in that part of the country (2000 miles from me). Hilariously, our parents decided to sell their ‘dream’ retirement home on the lake and moved into a new construction in a subdivision two miles from his house.
My big brother and I speak to each other often.
Never implies that there is some reason you aren’t talking. I have.siblings I have not talked with in years, but some of them we email occasionally. It not that we avoid each other but, with the exception of a half brother, we live a thousand or more miles apart.
My brother passed 55 years ago, but I still talk with him. – and my parents as well.
My 3 1 /2 year younger brother and I haven’t got along for 50+ years with the exception of when I have something he wants. He does that same thing to a lot of other people so I don’t feel bad about it.
My younger brother has chosen to have no contact. None. I suspect it is a result of our parents’ decisions re: their estate settlement. I wish they had explained their decisions to him. But, they didn’t. Sad.
I am blessed to have very good relationships with my 3 sisters, 3 step-sisters and 2 step-brothers. They are some of my best friends.
Yup and don’t care. Growing up was always about the younger perfect child. And yet the younger was always in trouble with the law. I left joined the service to get away from it all. I and another service member adopted each other as brothers and it’s been that way since 83. My children even refer to him as their uncle. Don’t seem to miss at all the biological issue. Happy where I am in life.
My family & my husband’s family get together at least once a year for the big camp out. Some of them like traveling so that creates more opportunities to camp together. We are blessed that we all make the effort to keep in touch and care for one another. I can’t imagine not speaking to my siblings. I was surprised to read that so many who commented have no relationship with their siblings… & don’t care. The most important gift I have is family.